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Newspaper
Dubuque Sunday Herald
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1899
Page
9
The piece sketches a Dickensian Christmas Eve with lights and carols, family dinners, Yule logs, and old traditions, contrasted with an American notice of John St. Conklin & Son in Brooklyn declaring a general assignment. Liabilities are about 250000 dollars, assets around 15000.
A fragmentary note celebrates Christmas in England with exuberant language and cheerful reading of the season. The text hints at universal literacy and shared joy during the holiday, though specifics are incomplete.
The article recalls traditional Christmas foods such as boars head peacock pie and baron of beef, with notes on royal feasts at Osborne and Sandringham. It mentions the Yule log, plum pudding, wassail bowl, and brandy lighting, then shifts to a New York report on a Treasury event for Public Fathers’ Day with Gusge as speaker.
The tale recounts a grand Christmas banquet in a studio with the Laird Trilby and many guests. Preparations include turkeys, rillettes, cheeses, wines, and festive decorations as companions sing and dine, ending in a lively supper before Svengall and Grecko arrive for dessert.
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